Caprese Inspired Salad

Not-your-regular caprese salad

You will need:

mixed baby greens

tomatoes – cubed or cherry tomatoes – halved

a handful of kalamata olives 0 halved

half a cup of mozzarella chunks

croutons

1 tsp of olive brine

1 tsp pesto sauce

Prcedure:

1. Layer baby greens in a bowl
2. Add a handful of tomatoes – thick slices cut in quarters or halved cherry tomatoes
3. Top this with some kalamata olives – halved
4. Next add chunks of fresh mozzarella

5. Finally add some croutons. I made mine from leftover pita bread – just toast pieces of bread with some butter on a  hot griddle and season with Italian herbs.

6. For the dressing – whisk together a tablespoon of brine from the jar of olives and a teaspoon of pesto sauce.

7. Drizzle on the salad and enjoy!

Serves 1, can be easily scaled up.

For the pesto – grind together – handful of basil leaves+2 cloves of garlic+4-5 toasted walnuts and olive oil

If you don’t have the olive brine, just whisk the pesto sauce with some olive oil, lemon juiceand salt. This salad also tastes delicious with a balsamic dressing like the one in my grape and feta salad 

To read about the art of creating salads, the basic pyramid of salads and other interesting salad recipes, please read my other post.